scalpturio
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scalptūrĭo: (scalpūrĭo, Non. 171, 32), īre,
I v. desid. n. scalpo, to scratch, claw: occoepit (gallus) ibi scalpturire ungulis circumcirca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 8.
